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Description: | A rimsherd of a handmade ceramic vessel.The sherd is 9.54mm thick and weighs 3.7g. It is 16.24mm long and 18.21mm wide.The sherd consists of a rimsherd, in a fabric similar to that published as SH1 (Standard common fossil shell type) in McSloy 2006, p 38, dated to Middle to Late Iron Age (500 BC to 100 AD) but with occasional small annular metamorphic rock inclusions.Sherd specific details:Fabric type: Sparse fossil shell, occasional metamorphic rock inclusionsSherd type: rimsherdRim type: FRE (Flattened lip, but outer edge of rim gently rounded).Rim diameter: 16cm% of Rim present: 3%Wall thickness: 9.54mmFiring condition: oxidised exterior, oxidised core, oxidised interior.Hardness: MediumSurface texture: Smooth, slightly soapy.Condition of sherds: Slightly abraded.Sherd was photographed.Reference:Coleman, L., Hancocks, A., and Watts, M. 2006 Excavations on the Wormington to Tirley Pipeline, 2000. Four sites by the Carrant Brook and River Isbourne, Gloucestershire and Worchestershire. Cotswold Archaeology Monograph No. 3. CirencesterMcSloy, E.R. 2006 The Pottery pp37-57 in Coleman, Hancocks and Watts 2006 | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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